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List Of SuicidesThis is a list of famous people who are known to have committed suicide. Year of their deaths are given in parenthesis. See also: deaths by accidental drug overdose, people by cause of death Alphabetical A - Johnny Ace, (1954), singer
- George Washington Adams, (1829), son of John Quincy Adams, jumped off a boat
- Nick Adams, (1968), actor; died of drug overdose
- Robert Adams Jr., (1906), congressman from Pennsylvania, shot self after heavy losses in stock speculation
- Neil Aggett, (1982), South African worker's union leader; hanged in prison, murder is suspected by some
- General Sergei Akhromeev, (1991), Soviet military commander who led an unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev
- Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, (1899), grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Tsar Alexander II of Russia
- Salvador Allende, (1973), president of Chile whose left-wing government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet, possibly murdered in that coup
- Louis Althusser, (1990), French philosopher
- Jason Altom, (1998), Ph.D. student
- Jean Amry, (1978), Austrian writer
- Jack Z. Anderson, (1981), U.S. Representative from California
- Fridolin Anderwert, (1880), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Aman Andom, (1974), military ruler of Ethiopia; committed suicide to avoid his execution in a internal purge
- Pier Angeli, (1971) (on the same day that Bella Darvi also took her own life)
- Roger Angleton, (1998), brother of imprisoned Texas extortionist who admitted in his suicide note to killing his sister-in-law, socialite Doris Angleton.
- Mark Antony, (30 BC), Roman politician and general
- Hubert Aquin, (1977), author
- Diane Arbus, (1971), art photographer
- Edwin Armstrong, (1954), US inventor of FM radio; jumped from a 13th floor window believing FM was a failure.
B - Mary Bacon, (1991), thoroughbred race horse jockey
- Albert Ballin, (1918)
- Barney Barnato, (1897), South African diamond entrepreneur, jumped overboard while his ship was south of Madeira
- Isobel Barnett, (1980), British TV personality
- Diana Barrymore, (1960), US actress, writer ('Too Much, Too Soon')
- Uwe Barschel, (1987), German politician
- Carl Barth, (1853)
- Gert Bastian, (1992)
- Cliff Baxter, (2002), Enron vice-chairman
- Thomas M. Bayne, (1894), congressman from Pennsylvania
- Gertrude Bell, (1926), archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
- Walter Benjamin, (1940), German cultural theorist
- Pierre Brgovoy, (1993), French Prime Minister, killed himself a month after losing a general election
- Hans Berger, (1941), German physician and inventor of electroencephalography, by hanging
- Mary Kay Bergman (1999), American voice actress, shot herself.
- Paul Bern, (1932), slashed his wrists after finding himself unable to consummate his marriage to Jean Harlow
- Alain Bernardin, (1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris
- Ricky Berry, (1989), American NBA Basketball player (Sacramento Kings)
- Bruno Bettelheim, (1990), child psychologist
- Blossius of Cumae, Roman philosopher who led a failed revolt
- Robert Bishop, (1991), fetish artist
- Barcroft Boake, (1892), Australian poet, hanged himself from a tree
- Ludwig Boltzmann, (1906), Austrian physicist
- Ricardo Bordallo, (1990), two-time Governor of Guam
- Ernest Borneman, (1995), German sexologist
- Francesco Borromini, (1667), architect
- Georges Boulanger, (1891), French politician and general
- Karin Boye, (1941), Swedish author
- Charles Boyer, (1978), French actor
- Jonathan Brandis, (2003), American actor
- Frank B. Brandegee, (1924), U.S. Senator from Connecticut, died in office
- Eva Braun, (1945), mistress and then wife of Adolf Hitler
- Richard Brautigan, (1984), American writer
- Gaetano Bresci, (1901), Italian anarchist, assassin of King Umberto I (officially suicide, but he was found strangled)
- Herman Brood, (2001), Dutch musician and painter
- Oskar Brsewitz, (1976)
- Brutus, (42 BC), Roman politician, assassin of Julius Caesar
- Eustace Budgell, (1737), remembered because his death was discussed in a conversation between Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer Boswell
- Bernard Buffet, (1999), French painter ('The Crucifixion')
- Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), Italian sculptor
- Michael Buonauro, (2004), Web Cartoonist, Web author, "Marvelous Bob"
- Daniel Burros, (1965), Jewish Neo-Nazi
C - Capucine, (1990), French actress
- Dora Carrington, (1932), artist
- Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro, (1991), journalist
- Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1968), painter
- Paul Cassirer, (1926)
- Gaius Cassius Longinus, (42 BC), Roman politician, co-assassin of Julius Caesar
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, (1822), British politician
- Cato the younger, (46 BC), Roman republican statesman
- Ugo Cavallero, (1943), Italian Field Marshal
- Paul Celan, (1970), Romanian poet
- Valerie Chacon, (1982), wife of Bobby Chacon
- Iris Chang, (2004), Chinese-American author
- Claude Chappe, 1805, French inventor
- Thomas Chatterton, (1770), English poet
- Leslie Cheung, (2003), Hong Kong movie star and singer
- Vere Gordon Childe, (1957), Australian archaeologist and historian, jumped off Govett's Leap in the Blue Mountains
- Vern Christie, (1991), Australian businessman, General Manager of the Commonwealth Bank
- Edwin P Christy, (1862), American entertainer, founder of the Christy Minstrels; jumped from a window
- Christine Chubbuck, (1974), US newsreader, shot herself in the head on live TV after reading the news
- Chung Mong-hun, (2003), Korean businessman, chairman of Hyundai Asan
- Diana Churchill, (1963), UK social worker, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
- Jeremiah Clarke, (1707), composer of Trumpet Voluntary, shot himself
- Charmian Clift, (1969), Australian writer, wife of George Johnston; her namesake, Cleopatra's maid Charmian also committed suicide
- Robert Clive, (1774), British conqueror of India and founder of the Empire, cut throat with pen-knife
- Kurt Cobain, (1994), American musician and singer (Nirvana)
- Billy Collins Jr., (1984), young boxer
- Ray Combs, (1996), former host of popular American game show Family Feud
- F. W. S. Craig, (1989), UK election expert
- Hart Crane, (1932), American poet; born on the same date as Ernest Hemingway, another American writer who committed suicide
- Darby Crash, (1981), lead singer of the LA punk band the Germs
- Ren Crevel, (1935), French painter, gassed himself
- Harry Crosby, (1929), writer, publisher
- Andrew Cunanan, (1997), killer of Gianni Versace and four others
- Will Cuppy, (1949), American writer, humorist
- Ian Curtis, (1980), English singer and songwritter (Joy Division)
- Adam Czerniakow, (1942), Warsaw Ghetto leader killed himself rather than obey Nazi orders
D - Dalida, (1987), French singer
- Dorothy Dandridge, (1965), American singer and actress, first black woman nominated for Academy Award as Lead Actress for "Carmen Jones" , death ruled suicide by overdose
- Monika Dannemann, (1996), Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix
- Bella Darvi, (1971), Polish-US actress (on the same day that Pier Angeli also took her own life)
- Dazai Osamu, (1948), Japanese novelist
- Guy Debord, (1994), French philosopher, member of Situationist International
- C J De Garis, (1926), Australian financier
- Delphine Delamare, (1848), French woman, the basis for Flaubert's Madame Bovary
- Gilles Deleuze, (1995), French philosopher
- Dioxippus, (336 BC ?), Greek pankration fighter who nakedly defeated an armored and armed soldier of Alexander the Great's... he was framed for theft and forced into suicide for his victory
- Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, (2001), young King of Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King Birendra, and other members of the royal family
- Jenny Dolly, (1941), Hungarian/US entertainer, one of the Dolly Sisters
- Terence Donovan, (1996), English celebrity photographer
- Osvaldo Dortics Torrado (1983), former president of Cuba
- Nick Drake (1974), British singer-songwriter, possibly an accident
- Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1945), French novelist
- Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb (2004), American heart surgeon
- Pete Duel, (1971), American actor
- K. Sello Duiker, (2005), South African author
- Isaak Dunayevsky, (1955), Soviet composer (Katyusha)
- Budd Dwyer, (1987), American politician
E - John P. East, (1986), U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- George Eastman, (1932), inventor
- Ronald 'Buster' Edwards, (1994), British Great Train robber and flower seller
- John Ellis (1931), remorseful hangman
- Empedocles, (432 BC), Greek philosopher, threw himself into Mt Etna
- Peg Entwistle, (1932), US actress, the first person to jump from the letter 'H' of the Hollywood sign; step-mother of Brian Keith who also committed suicide
- Tom Evans, (1983), Guitarist for Badfinger
F - Richard Farnsworth, (2000), US actor, Oscar nominee
- Justin Fashanu,(1998), British footballer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1982), German film director (often listed as a drug overdose)
- Andrea Feldman, (1972) Actor, Warhol superstar
- Lolo Ferrari, (2000), actress, singer
- George Fiske, (1918), photographer
- Ed Flanders, (1995), US actor
- John Gould Fletcher, (1950), Pulitzer Prize winning poet
- James V Forrestal, (1949), US Secretary of the Navy who quoted Sophocles in his suicide note
- Vincent Foster, (1993), Deputy White House Counsel
- John Friedrich, (1991), Australian businessman and fraudster
- Mike Furber, (1973), Australian singer
G - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia
- Romain Gary, (1980), Russian-French novelist, film director and diplomat
- Danny Gatton, (1994), American guitarist
- Michel Gauquelin, (1991), French psychologist and astrology researcher
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1935), American feminist and author (Herland)
- Henri Giffard, (1882), French aeronautical engineer
- Joseph Goebbels, (1945), German Nazi leader
- Adam Lindsay Gordon, (1870), Australian poet ('Life is mostly froth and bubble')
- Hermann Gring, (1946), German Nazi leader
- Arshile Gorky, (1948), Armenian painter
- Richard Greene, (1983), boxing referee
- Robert von Greim, (1945), German Air Marshal
- Anton Gustafsson, (2003), Swedish singer (Anton Maiden)
- Antonio Guzmn Fernndez, (1982), serving president of the Dominican Republic
H - Kenneth Halliwell, (1967), English writer, lover of Joe Orton whom he killed then killed himself
- Mitch Halpern, (2000), boxing referee
- Peter Ham, (1975), rock musician (Badfinger)
- Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999), actress, model, author, aviatrix
- Tony Hancock, (1968), British comedian
- Hannibal, (182 BC), military commander
- James Harden-Hickey, (1898), US eccentric who wrote a book listing 88 poisons and 51 instruments that could be used for suicide; he chose an overdose of morphine
- Mary Hardy, (1985), Australian TV personality (found dead in the bath and was presumed to have committed suicide)
- Larry James Harper, (2001), member of the Texas 7
- Michael D. Harter , (1896), congressman from Ohio
- Brynn Hartman, (1998), wife of actor Phil Hartman whom she killed before turning the gun on herself
- Elizabeth Hartman, (1987), US actress who emulated a character in her film 'The Group' who jumped from a window
- Donny Hathaway, (1979), singer, best known for his duets with Roberta Flack
- Felix Hausdorff, (1942), mathematician. He committed suicide with his wife and sister-in-law in the concentration camp.
- Benjamin Haydon, (1846), British painter
- Jeanne Hbuterne (1898-1920), painter, partner of Modigliani
- Ernest Hemingway, (1961), American novelist
- Margaux Hemingway, (1996), American actress and model; Ernest's granddaughter
- James Leo Herlihy, (1993), US novelist ('Midnight Cowboy')
- Rudolf Hess, (1987) Nazi leader
- Paul Hester, (2005) Australian musician
- Heinrich Himmler, (1945), German SS leader
- Adolf Hitler, (1945), Nazi Germany's leader. Shot/poisoned himself in bunker.
- Abbie Hoffman, (1989), US political activist and political demonstrator
- Doug Hopkins, (1993), musician, founding member of rock group The Gin Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol December 5
- Elmyr de Hory, (1976), Hungarian art forger
- Robert E. Howard, (1936), "Pulp" writer of Conan the Barbarian. Shot himself in head
on June 11, 1936 after learning his mother was in a permanent coma. I - William Inge, (1973), US playwright (Picnic, Come Back, Little Sheba, Bus Stop, Splendor in the Grass)
- Isocrates, (338 BC), Greek rhetorician
- Wafa Idis, (2002), Palestian. The first female suicide bomber and known as the modern Joan of Arc to her peers. She started a deadly new trend: female suicide bombers.
J - Vittorio Jano, (1965), automobile design engineer
- Randall Jarrell (1965), US writer and poet
- Rick Jason, (2000), US actor best known in 'Combat'
- Jiang Qing, (1991), 3rd wife of Mao Zedong, leader of the Gang of Four
- David Johnson, (1995), Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts
- Jim Jones, (1978), reverend, leader of the "People's Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 900 in Guyana.
- Nafisa Joseph, (2004), Miss India 1997, killed herself four weeks before being married.
- Judas Iscariot, (1st century), according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus
K - Frida Kahlo, (1954), Mexican painter
- Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, (1918), Cossack leader during the Russian Civil War
- Sarah Kane, (1999), British playwright
- Kostas Karyotakis, (1928), Greek poet, shot himself
- Terry Kath, (1978), guitarist, Chicago (died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound)
- Brian Keith, (1997), American actor (Family Affair)
- Dr. David Kelly, (2003), British scientist, source of BBC story about the September Dossier
- Samuel A. Kendall, (1933), congressman from Pennsylvania, self inflicted gunshot wound in the House Office Building
- Preston King, (1865), senator from New York, lept from ferryboat in New York Harbor
- Heinrich von Kleist, (1811), German dramatist and poet
- Jochen Klepper, (1942)
- Hans von Kluge, (1944), German Field Marshal
- Fletcher Knebel, (1993), US novelist ('Seven Days in May')
- William F. Knowland, (1974), former Senate Majority Leader, self inflicted gun shot
- Arthur Koestler, (1983), Hungarian novelist, political activist and social philosopher; committed suicide with his wife
- Hannelore Kohl, (2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
- Nestor Kombot-Naguemon 2004 diplomat and politician from the Central African Republic, jumped out of a window in Paris while serving as ambassador to France
- Prince Fumimaro Konoe, (1945), Japanese war criminal
- Jerzy Kosinski, (1991), Polish-American author
- Philip Taylor Kramer, (1995), Rock musician and physicist
- Ivar Kreuger, (1932), Swedish 'match-king'
- Friedrich Krupp, (1902), German industrialist; committed suicide when his homosexuality was revealed
L - Paul Lafargue, (1911), son-in-law of Karl Marx, communist theorist and author of The Right to Be Lazy
- Karen Lancaume, (2005), French adult film star.
- Carole Landis, (1948), actress
- James H. Lane, (1866), senator from Kansas, general in Civil War, shot himself after being charged with financial irregularities
- Hans Langsdorff, (1939), captain of the Admiral Graf Spee
- Hctor Lavoe, (1993), salsa music singer
- Florence Lawrence, (1938), Hollywood's first movie Star
- George P. Lawrence, (1917), representative from Massachusetts, jumped out of building to death due to stress caused by World War I
- Katherine Lawrence, (2004), writer
- Lee Kyung Hae, (2003), South Korean activist
- Victoria Lee, (1888), daughter of Emma Lee French
- Primo Levi, (1987), Italian author and Auschwitz survivor
- Meriwether Lewis, (1809), US explorer with Clark; died in mysterious circumstances, either murder or suicide
- Robert Ley, (1945), Nazi war criminal
- Vachel Lindsay, (1931), US poet
- Peter Llewellyn-Davies, (1960), UK publisher who as a boy was the inspiration for J M Barrie's Peter Pan
- Ross Lockridge, Jr., (1948}, US novelist, author of Raintree County
- Mark Lombardi, (2000), US artist whose art described international white-collar crime networks; hanged himself in his Williamsburg, New York studio
- Jack London, (1916), US novelist (his doctor believed he had committed suicide by overdose of morphine and atropine, but his widow prevailed on a more senior doctor to ascribe the death to uremia, and had the body quickly cremated before an autopsy could be done)
- Hans Loritz (date unknown), concentration camp commandant at various times - Esterwegen, Dachau, Sachsenhausen
- Malcolm Lowry, (1957), British writer
- Gherasim Luca, (1994), Romanian surrealist
- Lucan, (65), Roman poet
- Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, (1918), Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
M - Richard Manuel, (1986), singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Band hung himself while on tour in Fla.
- Kid McCoy, (1940), world champion boxer (real name: Norman Shelby)
- Billy MacKenzie, (1996), lead singer of 1980s pop group The Associates
- Magnentius, (353), Roman usurper
- Jan Masaryk, (1948), Czech politician and statesman who either jumped, fell, or was pushed out a window
- Hideto Matsumoto, (1998), Japanese rock musician
- Denis Matthews, (1988), UK pianist
- Robert Maxwell, (1991), Czech-born UK newspaper magnate who jumped overboard in the Atlantic leaving a financial disaster in his wake
- Vladimir Mayakovsky, (1930), Russian poet; his suicide note said 'I don't recommend it for others'
- Jacques Mayol (2001), Chinese free-diver
- Joe Meek (1967), Record producer
- Niklaus Meienberg, (1993), Swiss author
- Kitty Melrose, (1912), English actress
- Joseph Merrick, (1890), UK celebrity known as the Elephant Man; alleged to have committed suicide by allowing his massive head to obstruct his windpipe
- General Ioannis Metaxas, (1940), Greek military leader and dictator 1936-41
- Charlotte Mew, (1928), English poet
- Noel Mewton-Wood, (1953), Australian pianist; drank prussic acid
- James Miller, fan man, (2003), parachutist
- Walter M. Miller, Jr., (1996), science-fiction writer
- Freddie Mills, (1965), world champion boxer
- Yukio Mishima, (1970), Japanese novelist; committed public ritual seppuku
- Walther Model, (1945), German Field Marshal
- Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, (2001), South African jazz pianist
- Jrgen W. Mllemann, (2003), German politician
- Marilyn Monroe, (1962), American actress (some suspect foul play)
- Henry de Montherlant, (1972), French writer
- Donnie Moore, (1989), relief pitcher for the California Angels
- Florencio Morales Ramos, 1989, Ramito, trova singer
- Ted Moult, (1986), British television personality
- Renate Mller, (1937), German actress
- David Munrow, (1976), UK early music specialist, founder of the Early Music Consort
N - Oscar Nedbal, (1930), Czech composer ('The Tale of the Simply Johnny'); jumped out a window on Christmas Eve
- Grard de Nerval, (1855), French writer
- Frank Nitti, (1943), US gangster, who shot himself rather than go to jail. Some believe Nitti was murdered.
O - Luis Ocaa, (1994), Spanish cyclist, Tour de France winner
- Phil Ochs, (1976), American singer
- John O'Brien, (1994), author of Leaving Las Vegas (on which the film was based)
- Hugh O'Connor, (1995), actor
- Johnny O'Keefe, (1978), Australian rock legend known as The Wild One; drug overdose
P - Jan Palach, (1969), protesting Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring
- Billy Papke, (1936), world champion boxer
- Violeta Parra (1967), famous Chilean folk singer
- Jules Pascin, (1930), French-American painter
- John Patrick, (1995), US playwright and screenwriter; placed a plastic bag over his head
- Cesare Pavese, (1950), Italian poet, novelist
- Petronius Arbiter, (66), Roman satirist; opened his own veins
- Richard Piggott, (1890), author of the Piggott Forgeries.
- H. Beam Piper, (1964), American science fiction writer
- Sylvia Plath, (1963), American poetess, author and essayist
- Dana Plato, (1999), American actress
- Stevie Plunder, (1995), Australian guitarist, The Whitlams
- Jan Potocki, (1815), Polish aristocrat, traveler, writer; shot himself with a silver bullet
- Felix Powell, (1942), UK song writer best known for 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile', once described as 'the most optimistic song ever written'
- Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1870), French journalist and diplomat
- George R. Price American population geneticist.
- Freddie Prinze, (1977), Puerto Rican American comedian and actor, best known for television show Chico and The Man, died of self inflicted gunshot wound]
- Carlos Pro Socarrs, (1977), former president of Cuba.
- Boris Pugo, (1991), serving minister of the Interior of the USSR
- Jack Purvis, (1962), American jazz trumpeter
Q R - David Rappaport, (1990), actor
- Geli Raubal, (1931), niece and possibly lover of Adolf Hitler; officially committed suicide but may have been murdered
- Alfred Redl, (1913), Austrian army officer, spied for Russia
- George Reeves, (1959), US actor, played Superman on television
- Carlos Roberto Reina, (2003), former president of Honduras
- John Robarts. (1982) former Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, 1961 - 1971; committed suicide with shotgun
- Samuel Romilly, (1818), British prison reformer
- Erwin Rommel, (1944), German Field Marshal
- Iris von Roten-Meyer, (1990), artist and jurist
- Mark Rothko, (1970), Russian-American painter
- Ruan Lingyu, (1935), Chinese actress
- Irv Rubin, (2002), leader of the Jewish Defense League
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk, (1857) U.S. senator from Texas
- Jakub Jan Ryba, (1815), Czech composer and teacher
- Akutagawa Ryunosuke, (1927), Japanese novelist
S - Gen Alexander Samsonov, (1914), Russian military commander
- George Sanders, (1972), English actor
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, (1932), aviation pioneer
- Savannah, (1994), pornographic actress
- Romy Schneider, (1982), Austrian actress (officially cardiac arrest, but may have been self-induced)
- Margie Schoedinger, (2003), Filed lawsuit against George W. Bush claiming she had been raped
- Conrad Schumann, (1998), GDR refugee
- William Seabrook (1886-1945), adventurer, travel writer
- Jean Seberg, (1979), American actress
- Seneca the Younger, (65), was ordered to commit suicide by the emperor Nero
- Anne Sexton, (1974), American poet
- Del Shannon, (1990), American singer
- H.A. Shanu, (1905), Congo reformer
- Harold Shipman, (2004), British doctor, serial killer
- Arthur Shrewsbury, (1903), former captain of the England cricket team
- Elizabeth Siddal, (1862), Pre-Raphaelite icon
- The Singing Nun, (1985), Belgian singer
- Walter Slezak, (1983), US actor
- Socrates, (399 BC), philosopher
- John Hanning Speke, (1864), UK explorer of Africa
- Sir Bernard Spilsbury, (1947), UK leading forensic pathologist; his evidence helped convict Dr. Crippen; gassed himself in an oven
- Serge Stavisky, (1934), Russian-French swindler
- Gary Stewart, (2003), country singer
- Rory Storm, (1972), singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was in before he joined the Beatles), in a pact with his mother
- David Strickland, (1999), actor
- Screaming Lord Sutch, (1999), UK eccentric singer
T - Yutaka Taniyama, (1958), Japanese mathematician
- Tawfik Abu al-Huda Baja, (1956), former prime minister of Jordan
- Sara Teasdale, (1933), American poet
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky, (1893), Russian composer (possible suicide)
- Count Paul Teleki, (1941), Hungarian statesman
- Jesse B. Thomas, (1853), U.S. Senator from Illinios
- Hunter S. Thompson, (2005), American author
- Ric Throssell, (1999), Australian diplomat, writer
- Georg Tintner, (1999), Austrian-born conductor active in Canada and Australia; jumped 11 stories when he was no longer able to conduct due to illness
- Ernst Toller, (1939), German writer
- Wolfe Tone, (1798), Irish independence leader
- John Kennedy Toole, (1969), American novelist
- Marina Tsvetaeva, (1941), Russian poetess and writer
- Kurt Tucholsky, (1935), German journalist and satirist
- Alan Turing, (1954), British mathematician and computer scientist
- Randy Turpin, (1966), British world champion boxer
U V - Amy Vanderbilt, (1974), etiquette writer
- Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, (1941), American film director
- Peter Van Eyck, (1969), Dutch-UK film actor
- Vincent van Gogh, (1890), Dutch painter
- Getlio Dornelles Vargas, (1954), President of Brazil. Killed himself during impeachment trial.
- Lupe Vlez, (1944), actress
- Baroness Maria Vetsera, (1889), mistress of Crown Prince Rudolph - see Mayerling
- Sid Vicious, (1979) bass player of the Sex Pistols, not long after allegedly killing his girlfriend
- Herv Villechaize, (1993), French actor
W - Stephen Ward, (1963), UK osteopath who was caught up in the Profumo affair
- Peter Warlock, (1930), UK composer (also known as Philip Heseltine)
- Doodles Weaver, (1983), US comedian, member of Spike Jones' City Slickers
- Gary Webb, (2004), US investigative reporter; death ruled as suicide from two gunshots
- Otto Weininger, (1903), Austrian philosopher
- Ernst Wei, (1940), German author
- George Weldon, (1963), UK conductor, died in South Africa
- Fred West, (1995), husband of convicted British killer Rosemary West. Hanged himself in prison whilst awaiting trial on the same crimes.
- James Whale, (1957), UK film director
- Samuel Whitbread II, (1815), Whig politician
- Kenneth Williams (1988), camp comedian, UK TV personality and diarist
- Paul Williams, (1973), singer (Temptations)
- Percy Williams (1982), athlete
- Rozz Williams, (1998), Musician, "Christian Death"
- Wendy O. Williams, (1998), musician, The Plasmatics
- Greg Wilton, (2000), the only Australian Federal politician who has ever successfully attempted suicide
- Eduard Wirths (1945), military surgeon conducted research work at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, (1939), Polish author, novelist, painter, philosopher
- Wally Wood, (1981), cartoonist
- Virginia Woolf, (1941), British novelist
X Y Z Monarchs - Shang Zhou, (1046 BC), the last king of the Shang Dynasty of China
- Fusu, (210 BC), son of the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, and brother of the Second Emperor, Qin Er Shi, forced to commit suicide by a fake decree
- Qin Er Shi, (207 BC), the Second Emperor of Qin dynasty China
- Cleopatra VII of Egypt, (30 BC), last Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, (1886), drowning
- Nero, (68), emperor of Rome (under duress)
- Otho, (69), Roman emperor
- Boudicca, (1st century), Celtic chieftainess
- Decebal, (106), Dacian king
- Clodius Albinus, (197), Roman emperor
- Gordian I, (238), Roman emperor
- Quintillus, (270), Roman emperor
- Maximian, (310), Roman emperor
- Eugenius, (394), Roman emperor
- Chongzhen, (1644), the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China
- Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, (2001), young King of Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King Birendra, and other members of the royal family
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